Cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as tags, scripts, and beacons are small pieces of code (referred to as cookies hereafter) that websites generate and ask to store on a device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.). Most websites use cookies in one form or another. They are typically used to:

  • remember settings, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
  • remember information you give to a website, such as a list of products in your shopping basket
  • measure how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs

We use cookies so that our website can show you the desired content and so that we can improve the website. We also use it with tools like Google Analytics to gain some insight into how many and what kind of people are viewing our website (e.g. country, browser type). We also use cookies with system monitoring tools to help diagnose problems with our website or hosting.

You have a choice: by modifying your browser preferences you can choose to accept all cookies, be notified when a cookie is set, or reject all cookies.

We will only access the cookies we have generated.

We will only collect general and non-personal information about visitors to our site.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org, or please read on to find out more about how we use cookies.

Measuring Website Usage

Google Analytics is in use to collect information about how visitors use this site. This provides us with important information that can enable the site to work better. We do not link this information to your name or address.

The following cookies are used by Google Analytics:

  1. remember settings, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
    1. Most websites use cookies in one form or another
  2. remember information you give to a website, such as a list of products in your shopping basket
  3. measure how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
Name Typical content Cookie expires after
_gat Randomly generated string 10 Minutes
_ga Randomly generated string 2 Years
_gid Randomly generated string 1 Day
ajs_anonymous_id Randomly generated string 1 Year
ajs_group_id Null value 1 Year
ajs_user_id Null value 1 Year
mp_(hexdigits)_mixpanel Randomly generated string 1 Year
__ar_v4 Randomly generated string 1 Year
cookie-agreed

Records whether or not the cookies notification pop-up has been acknowledged by the user

 3 Months

Understanding your web browser capabilities

We set some cookies to store information about your browser settings, to understand which functionality to enable on the site. The following cookies are used:

Name Typical content Cookie expires after
_mkto_trk Session Id 1 Year and 8 Months

New Relic

Cookies set by Newrelic.com, their privacy policy can be found at https://newrelic.com/termsandconditions/privacy

Name Typical content Cookie expires after
TSNGUID Randomly generated string 8 Months
ei_client_id Randomly generated string 1 Year 8 Months
gclid_f Randomly generated string After the page loads
gclid_I Randomly generated string After the page loads
intercom-id-cyym0u3i Randomly generated string 5 Months
medium_f Information about the previous session After the page loads
medium_I Information about the previous session After the page loads
optimizelyEndUserId Randomly generated string 2 Months
ref_page_url Information for analytics and performance After the page loads
source_f Randomly generated string After the page loads
source_I Randomly generated string After the page loads

 

Vimeo

Cookies set by vimeo.com, their privacy policy can be found at https://vimeo.com/privacy

Name Typical content Cookie expires after
_gid Randomly generated string 5 Hours
__ssid Randomly generated string 11 Years 4 Months
_ga Randomly generated string 2 Years
ds Randomly generated string 2 Years
continuous_play_v3 Used to control the Vimeo video player 1 Years
player Used to control the Vimeo video player 1 Years
vuid Used to control the Vimeo video player 2 Years
vimeo_gdpr_optin Boolean value 10 Years

 

AddThis

Cookies set by addthis.com, their privacy policy can be found at https://www.addthis.com/privacy

Name Typical content Cookie expires after
__atuvc Enables visitors to share content 1 Year

 

Online maps

We sometimes use maps to show you locations relevant to the section of the site you are viewing. This service is provided by Google Maps. Google sets cookies which are used to store user preferences and information to enable this service. The following cookies are used:

Google’s privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/?hl=en-GB&gl=uk and its terms of service for Google Maps at http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/help/terms_maps.html.

 

Name Typical content Cookie expires after
NID Randomly generated string 6 Months
1P_JAR Google ad personalisation 1 Month
APISID Stores user preferences and information for Google Maps 2 Years
CONSENT String containing a boolean, rough location and date. 19 Years 4 Months
HSID Randomly generated string 2 Years
SAPISID Randomly generated string 2 Years
SID Randomly generated string 2 Years
SIDCC Randomly generated string 3 Months
SSID Randomly generated string 2 Years
AID Randomly generated string 1 Year
JSESSIONID Randomly generated string After the page loads
OTZ Randomly generated string 7 Hours
SSESS Randomly generated string 1 Month
__utmx Randomly generated string 1 Year 6 Months
__utmxx Randomly generated string 1 Year 6 Months

 

Doubleclick

Doubleclick is an integratable campaign management solution, automatically creating content for ads that can be seen by people using other sites that have google ads integrated.

Doubleclick’s policy on Cookies can be found here: https://support.google.com/dfp_premium/answer/2839090?hl=en

Name Typical content Cookie expires after
IDE Randomly generated string 1 Year 8 Months
DSID Randomly generated string 1Week
permutive-id Randomly generated string 1 Year 4 Months
permutive-session Randomly generated string 1 Year 4 Months